Original, tall and rather thin Dwarf Iran Circa 1975 Dimensions 255 x 155 cm High-quality silky wool velvet, flowers surrounded by silk on cotton foundations Density. Approx. 7500 knots per dm2 Good condition Original beige field decorated with richly flowered polychrome vases surrounded by plants and garlands of stylized flowers and foliage in the form of weeping willows and finely drawn cascades of stylized diamonds. Triple borders, the main one in ivory, decorated to resemble the central field

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